Elevator-support for harvesters.



A. G. FUNK.

ELEVATOR SUPPORT FOR HARVESTERS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1912.

1 1 2 1 620. Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

l b I mm i f/ an enlarged end 8 which is a slot 9 practi- UNITED sTA'rns PAEENT cur os.

' ALFRED c. FUNK, or MOLINE, ILLINOIS, Assrenoa T0 DEERE & COMPANY, of Mount,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

ELEVATOR-SUPPORT Foa nanvnsrnas.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED C. FUNK, citizen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevator-Supports for Harvesters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in harvester-binders in which the. rear of the upper elevator is supported from the seatbar; and the object of my invention is to provide a support which can be readily adjusted to preserve the properrelation of the upper with the lower elevator necessary for a proper conveyance of the grain to the binder.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals indicate identical parts Figure 1 is a rear perspective view showing as much of a harvester -bindervas is necessary to illustrate the application of my Fig. 2 is an enlarged improvement thereto.

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section on the line w--m of Fig. 1; and 4 are enlarged details.

The seat-bar 1 is preferably of the usual U-shaped type common to modernharvesters, and is secured to the front and rear ofthe harvestenframe 2 in a well known manner. The lower elevator-frame 3 is rigid as usual, but the upper elevator frame 4 is of the floating type, and while it is supported rigidly at the front of the machine therear is only supported by a connection with the seat-bar, permitting flexibility and at the same time allowing sufficient distance between the rear of the elevator-frames for a proper conveyance of the grain to the binder-deck; this distance between the rear of the elevator-frames generally becomes reduced, after continuous use of the machine, by sagging of, the upper-elevator frame. To preserve theproper distance of the rear of the upper-elevator frame 4; from the elevator-frame 3 I provide a member 5 rigidly secured to the seat-beam 1 and having divergent arms -6 and 7 projecting therefrom, and preferably integral therewith. The lower arm 7 projects downwardly and has cally parallel with the inclination of the elevator-frames; a bolt 10 passes through the rear side of the elevator-frame 4 and the slot and is secured by a nut to clamp the Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented Dec, 22., 1914,

Applicationfiled February 23, 1912. Serial No. 679,324.

tions 16 and 17 similar to the serrations 13 and '14 adapted to engage therewith, being held infplace by a bolt :10? which passes therethrough andthrough the opening 12 and the elevator-frame 4E. The elevatorframe 4 has a pivotal as well as a longitudinal'movement on the bolt 10, and on the 1 bolt. 10. the range of adjustment is limited only by the size of the opening 12.. In adjusting the elevator-frame 4 the nuts on the bolts 10 and 10. are loosened, the elevatorframe 4 is then raised or lowered as desired; the nut on the bolt 10 is then tightened sufficient to hold theadjustment on the bolt 10,

the washer 15 isthen moved on the bolt 10 until the serrations 16 and 17 thereon engage with the serrations 13 and, 14 on the end 11, the nut on the bolt 10 is then tightened and the elevator-frame 4:. is secure in its new adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a harvester-binder, the combination of an upper and a lower elevator-frame, a

seat-bar, a member secured to the seat-bar, means to support the upper elevator-frame at more than one pointon said member, and

means to-adjust the-upper elevator-frame. at each point of-support on the supporting member, the adjustment at one of the supporting points being. in a straight line and transversely thereof.

2; In a harvester-binder, the combination of an upper and a lower elevator-frame, a

seat-bar,- a member secured to the seat-bar and having divergent arms on which the upper elevator-frame is supported, and means to adjust the upper elevator-frame on said arms, the adjustment on one of the arms being in a straight line and transversely thereof.

3. In a harvester-binder, the combination of an upper and a lower elevator-frame, a

' and having upper and lower diverging arms the" upper elevator-frame is supported, and

means to adjust the upper elevator-frame on said arms, the adjustment on one of the arms being in a straight line and transversely thereof.

4. Ina harvester-binder, the combination of an upper and a lower elevator-frame, a seat-bar, a member secured to the seat-bar upon which the upper elevator-frame is supported, and means to adjust the upper elevator-frame on said arms, the adjustment being in a" straight line and trans versely thereof.

5. In a harvester-binder, the combination of an upper and a lower elevator frame, a

seat-bar, a member secured-to said seat-bar and having an upper and a lower arm upon which the upper elevator frame is adjustably supported, the adjustment on thelower arm being in a straight line only, and the adjustment on the upper arm being in a straight line and transversely thereof.

6. In a harvester-binder, 'the combination Y of an upper and a lower elevator-frame, a

seat-bar, a member secured to the seat-bar and having'upper and lower diverglng arms, means to ad ustably secure the upper elevator-frame to the lower arm, an enlarged" opening in the upperarm, a bolt attached to the upper elevator-frame and laterally movable in said opening, and a washer on said bolt having serrations extending in two directions to engage with similar serrations on the upper arm, andadapted to be secured HARLAND E. RICH, BERTHA A.'MAUER.

copies 0'! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing thef Commissioner of l atents, Washington, D. C. o V. r

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,121,620.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,121,620, granted December 22, 1914, upon the application of Alfred C. Funk, of Moline, Illinois, for an improvement in Elevator-Supports for Harvesters, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 51, after the reference-numeral 8 insert the Word in; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 19th day of January, A. D., 1915.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

